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iSchool students to launch video games designed to make science fun
Think science is boring? Think video games are a waste of time? Students at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) disagree. A group of student programmers, artists and researchers are launching two unique video games designed to make science fun….
SU in the News: Friday, September 14
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Media coverage of the University’s announcement of surpassing its $1 billion Campaign for Syracuse University goal includes reports by YNN, CNY Central and the Post-Standard. The milestone was marked with a celebration Thursday on the…
Campaign for Syracuse University surpasses $1 billion fundraising goal more than three months early
Syracuse University today announced that it has surpassed its goal for the most ambitious fundraising effort in the institution’s history. Through the generosity of more than 60,000 individual donors, including trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, and supporters, the Campaign has raised a total of $1,008,612,731 as of Aug. 31.
BBI study reveals people with disabilities are sidelined in American politics
People with disabilities remain largely sidelined in American politics, according to a new study published in Social Science Quarterly.
Colleen Bench appointed assistant vice president for student affairs
Colleen O’Connor Bench has been appointed assistant vice president for the Division of Student Affairs (DSA). Bench joined the University in 1991 and became director of the Parents Office in 1993, where she has managed the administrative, financial and operational…
SU in the News: Monday, September 10
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE In a new opinion piece for The Huffington Post, Chancellor Cantor writes about the challenges facing higher education and how institutions should take an “outside-in” approach in determining what students and families, the public and…
10th annual Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp begins Oct. 13
Syracuse University’s annual Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp, a training program led by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management, assists current and aspiring entrepreneurs in developing the skills necessary to take their idea or existing venture to the…
Social media become vital tool in business, presidential campaign
When U.S. Sen. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, the young Democrat’s victory made history in more ways than one. It not only shattered the color barrier to the highest office in the land; it also heralded social media as a powerful—and powerfully underestimated—strategic tool that aspiring politicians from that day forth would ignore at their own peril.
SU teams with LinkedIn to help students, alumni build career connections
Syracuse University and the world’s largest professional network on the Internet are now further linked to the benefit of SU students and alumni all over the world. SU has joined a select group of higher education institutions that are partnering…
Disability Cultural Center hosts open houses on Sept. 14 and 21
SU Disability Cultural Center to host two “Welcome Nights” in September.